General Membership Meeting: July 28, 2025

Monday, July 28, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.

Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing.
Light refreshments will be served.

This will be a hybrid meeting format, both online and in person.
In-Person Location: Captain Greg Welch Gathering Place, 3220 Winona Ave. Burbank CA
Virtual Location: Zoom

On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Special Election to Fill Vacancy on Election Board
– Resolutions to Amend the Bylaws
– Officer Reports
– Unfinished and New Business

Please join us for our next General Membership Meeting and vote to fill a vacancy on the Election Board. For information about the position, please see Article IX, Section 3 of our Bylaws, available in the members-only section of the Local 47 website, ensemble.afm47.org (click the “Documents” button), or contact the Secretary/Treasurer’s Office at st_sec@afm47.org or 323.993.3159 to request a hard copy. (If you have not yet logged in to our new system, please visit afm47.org/e2/account.html for instructions.)

We will also be voting on five Resolutions to amend the bylaws:
(1) Reinstatement Fee Reduction
(2) Officer Salary Reduction
(3) Membership Dues Increase
(4) Live Performance Work Dues Increase
(5) Organizing

The text of these Resolutions may also be found in the members-only section of our website, and are available in print upon request. Fifty members constitutes a quorum to conduct business at General Membership Meetings. All Regular Members and Life Members may vote; Inactive Life Members are ineligible to vote per Article IV, Section 11. Inactive Life Members wishing to vote may do so by changing their membership to Life Member status by 4:45 p.m. the business day prior to the day voting takes place — please do so early.

If you will be attending via Zoom: Registration is required. Once your membership is verified by our staff, you will receive an email link with the virtual access code.